Canal Mouth

No . . . it’s not a disease or a euphemism for profanity. It’s many places, one of which is marked by this lighthouse in Oswego. All these photos were taken since Tuesday in Oswego, a place I previously wrote about here last year after watching a drill that involved swimming from and to a helicopter.

See the light to the right here along the horizon, a light younger than Urger.

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As I type this, the Everlast and barge Norman McLeod are passing Thorold on the Welland Canal, bound for Montreal.

The tug has an interesting history. She was launched 23 December 1976 at Kobe, Japan, by Hashimoto Zosensho, their hull number 396, for FESCO of Vladivostok, Russia, one of four sisters intended to push log barges on the eastern Russian coast. 43.69m x 13.52 x 4.499; 1179 gt, 336 nt; twin Daihatsu 8 cylinder 8DSM-32 Diesels, 320mm x 380, 6000-bhp. Sold in 1996 to Portolos Maritime SA, Piraeus, Greece, and renamed Everlast. Acquired by the McAsphalt Marine Transportation Ltd. of Scarborough, Ontario, she entered Canadian registry 10 April 2001, to push McAsphalt’s asphalt barge Norman McLeod (built 2001 by Jinling Shipyard Co. Ltd., Nanjing, China). Originally fitted with the Japanese ArtiCouple connector (type HC-900PDM), that system was replaced with an ArtiCouple KC-85S system for pairing to the McLeod. McAsphalt also operates the ATB Victorious/John J. Carrick.